Out-Dooring in Accra
93-9-214
From: Ghana | Accra
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Title | Out-Dooring in Accra |
| Object Number | 93-9-214 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Ghana | Accra |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Paper | Ink |
| Description | Author: Yimma Manteko Language: English Number of Pages: 24 Table of Contents Headings: Birth in Accra 7, Outdooring 9, Morning Star Ritual 9, First prayer 10, Drinks (and Matches) 12, Second Prayer 14, Drinking 16, naming 17, gifts 18, Pot Emptied 19, Three Gestures (Rubbing, "awur", "berjina") 19, Handshake 20, That 40 Np (shar-yo-okwerh-erh) 20, Dispersal 21, Rest of old Prayer 22, the Matche sAffair 23, Week's Fowl 23, Expenditure 24. |
| Length | 15.6 cm |
| Width | 12.4 cm |
| Thickness | 0.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Harvey and Doris Tower, 1993 |
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